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Industry News IEEE , the world’s largest technical professional society, signed a merger agreement with the honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), a nonprofit, public-service organization comprising nearly 200 university chapters. The merger, which will go into effect by mid-2009 pending final approval, will make HKN the official honor...

Hiring RF Engineers: Matching Personality and Organization Whether you are hiring or looking to be hired, a resume is an inevitable introductory step. For us RF engineers, a typical resume is very much like a technical spec sheet, detailing the diverse range of skill-sets to include every achievement, course...

Design of RF and Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators, Second Edition Pieter L.D. Abrie This newly revised edition of this classic book has been updated to include expanded derivations and problem sets, helping to make the material even more accessible and easier to master. The second edition adds critical coverage...

Selection Guide Agilent’s updated Antenna Test Selection Guide now includes the PNA-X measurement receiver that offers a 30 percent faster data acquisition speed than any other antenna receiver on the market. This selection guide helps customers select the hardware necessary to make accurate antenna and radar and cross-section measurements....

New Waves: Amplifiers and Oscillators Multi-octave Power Amplifier Model number SSPA 4.0-8.0-10 is a high power, broadband, RF amplifier that operates from 2 to 8 GHz. This PA is ideal for broadband military platforms as well as commercial applications because it is robust and offers high power over a...

Radios are wireless. Telephones are wireless. Computers are wireless. And in the next step forward in space systems, satellite equipment could become wireless too. Northrop Grumman Corp. is developing a robust, radiation-hardened, wireless spacecraft bus under a $4.1 M, 21-month, first phase contract from the US Air Force Research...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $35.8 M contract by the US Navy to design and produce antenna buoy systems that will significantly expand the communications capabilities of submarines while they are submerged. The Navy’s Communications at Speed and Depth (CSD) program will use expendable submarine and air-launched communications...

Harris Corp.’s new Highband Networking Radio™ (HNR) provided interoperable, long-range backbone communications for stationary, on-the-move and airborne platforms, including the Boeing A160T “Hummingbird” Unmanned Aerial System, at the US Army’s C4ISR On-the-Move Event at Fort Dix, NJ. The radio was co-developed with BAE Systems. The event was held last...

The INTERoperable Embedded Systems Tool chain for Enhanced rapid Design, prototyping and code generation (INTERESTED) project has been launched. This new initiative is funded under the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme. INTERESTED is focused on the creation of the first-ever European-wide, integrated and open reference tool chain covering the...

The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance has launched the Initial Terminal Device Definition (ITDD) document, which provides the generic definitions required for next generation devices and demonstrates the Alliance’s commitment to providing support across the entire next generation marketplace including devices and networks. A major objective of the...